On January 20th, I started my training period at the University Health Center as a Public Health Intern. I received a list of deliverables and a weekly breakdown of what will be expected of me for my internship at the University Health Center. The training was short and will be continued on January 21st. I also received great news that I will have the opportunity of collaborating with the Department of Public Health to conduct an event to provide students with more information on sexual health, specifically HIV prevention. I decided that I will start my research for my literature review today, compiling documents on PrEP, which will help me finalize my assessment plan and survey approach. These documents will contain information about how often students aged 18-25 take PrEP, what demographic takes PrEP now, and whether it is different from the demographic that is expected, and what stigma is associated with PrEP intake. 

On January 21st I recieved my UHC computer and started looking into some research about PrEP. I was able to get five peer reviewed articles and as I was doing my research I was able to start writing down some questions to add into my anonymous survey. I will compose my survey tomorrow and finalize it after my meeting with the Pride center on Monday. As someone who doesn’t know much about PrEP this research has been very intriguing and I am excited to start my hands on learning experiance.